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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-19

been said about the Mass Conven-
ton of farmers' in Raleigh on the
Goth inst. IT is tbe thing we need,
and l believe\ YOU are getting the
farmers awakeA<or they r seeing
how much they have suffered by not
attending to their own affairs. [
hope the convention will be we'll at
tended by Representative farmers
from every section Of the State.
There is no reason why we should
any longer sit with our hands folded
and wait for others to do for us what
we can best do ourselves; and we
have done that until the moneyed
men and politicians think we belong
to them, soul and body. So let us
90 to work like other classes and
have a voice in the affairs of State.
There has never been any objection
to our tax money or our votes, and
of course no one can object to know
ing that we have some opinions OF
our own, and won't finch if those
opinions conflict a little with the
general order ofthings in and around
the Capitol. By the way, it is a
little amusing how the politicians
have an eye to business, for no oon
Ell than they saw a determination
for a Convention offarmers, did they
catch the idea; and behold counter
movement is set up, and the Gov
ernor of North Carolina as chairman
of the Board of Agriculture, calls a
meeting Of the farmers with said
Board at their meeting on the 18th
inst, and SO earnest are they in their
desire for an interchange ot'ideas be-
tween themselves and the farmers,
that they propose to devote a mhole
erening to the business. All | have
to say about that is, if the farmers
of this State have no more business
in Raleigh than can be crowded into
one eUening, they had better all stay
home that night and shell corn go
to mill with. But there are matters
of Importance that must be delibc-
which have been brought
out by the PROGRESSIVE FARMER, and
there are many more things that it
will bring out, that the farmers of
the State would profit by if they
would lay hold ofthem intelligently.
may it live as a guide to our
people and a menace to corruption
in high places. | am full of Con
vention, and talk it to my neighbors,
and they are all for the PROGRESSIVE
FARMER and the Convention. ! may
write again after a while.
F. J. \
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-19
LEG1SCATION THE FARMER
\NEEDS.

EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER
Now that lass convention has been
called to meet in Raleigh Jan. &c
it is proper to consider what legisla-
ton wouldbenefit the farmer. The
welfare of \ the farmer as all
other classes depends largely upon
the protection OK law. The leading
pursuit Of the people Of this state
for many y~ears'to come will be agri-
cultural. The fostering and improv-
ing ofthis branch ofourindustry will
stimulate and give life to every in
dustry in the State, the neglect and
decline of it will affect every other
interest.
When we look around us at our
waste lands and worn out fields and
neglected homes-when we see our
young men quitting these neglected
homes and seeking employment as
clerks in stores, in factories, on rail
roads, in school houses, in the law
ofice-any where to escape the farm
while ourfarms are becoming poorer
and poorer every year and u farm
ers more and more involved in debt,
we may well ask ourselves what is
to be the end of all this? Are the
farmers to drift down to absolute
bankruptcy or can something be
done to arrest this downward prog
ress? We think much can be
done.
First give every owner of land
absolute ownership of it, except SO
far as the public may need it for
roads, railroads, etc. The early
Christians tried holding property in
common. They found it would not
do. Some of the early settlers of
this country tried the same expert
ment with the same result. Separate
ownership in land is the foundation
of industry, thrift and prosperity.
By common law which our ances-
tors brought with them to this
try the owner had the right to i'm
pound stock, cattle, ETC., trespassing
on it. Our ownership Of land, al
though more absolute and indepen-
dent than the feudal tenure in Eng
land, has, to some extent over
looked and neglected this right. In
our sparsely settled and we'll tim
bered country the custom has grown
up OF letting stock run at large, and
hence for the purpose of stock rails
ing and grazing we hold our land
in common. The farmer is thus
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-19

this? I see no way out Of this, ex-
cept to bring in the aid OF clover
NY idea is just this. have n one
BODY of land about twenty-five acres
sowed in small grain. A greater
part of this will make good clover
as it is a part Of it is too thin. In
blowing in the grain last fall, when
ever. [ came to a spot ofpoor ground,
instead of going around it, | hauled
out manure from. my stable and
spread over these places; my idea
being to make the whole body or
land as near an average as L could.
If nothing prevents, | will SOW all
this Coy top harrowing) in clover
about the middle Of February, NOW
it for a year or two, and then put
back in small grain, and again pay
ing attention to the poor spots. L
think it very important, in n
ing thin land, to follow it with clover,
thereby securing a more permanent
improvement. | have in mind, right
here, a two acre hillside, which had
been worked in cotton, and had be-
gun to wash badly-this was thin
land. MANFRED broadcast, with a
compost of acid phosphate, cotton
seed and stable manure, and sowed
in oats and clover. This made a
good crop Of oats, and a good crop
of clover, and proved very successful
in stopping the washes, and am
bound to believe that the land is
greatly improved.
Again, [ have another piece OF
land, ofabout fifteen or twenty acres,
that is too poor now for clover. My
idea for this is, to work in cotton,
manuring we'll in drill, and about
the third year, sow in small grain
and clover. OF course all this takes
time, but by making all the manure
we can from u stock, and follow
ing the application of that
with clover, to hold it, and as a fer
tiIizer itself, we can improve, not
only a small quantity Of land, but
our whole farms.
F. S. NEAL.
Charlotte, N. c., Jan. 6, 81.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-19

compelled to fence up his land or
not have the right to cultivate it.
This is wasteful Of timber already
becoming a in many localities,
and wasteful of labor as it requires
a great deal of useless labor to fence
land. The law can very largely
remedy this by giving to every own
er the absolute ownership Of it sub
ject to roads for the public. A law
of this kind would add twenty-five
per cent to the 7aIde of farming
lands in the State a1a also preserve
our timbered landsfor future gener-
ations. Under SUCH a law>any num-
Der Of adjoining farmers might fence
up their lands and allow stock to
run at large on their own land.
Second, restore the old usury
law in all it's rigor and severity.
Allow no man in North Carolina to
receive more than six per cont for
the use of money.
Third, repeal and abrogate the
chattel mortgage law, especially that
pdIC VI IL WllcD duOllOIlAcS ClC ldi-
>mer to mortgage his crop to secure
for fertilizers. This law
has proved to be the farmers ruin.
Fourth, let the agricultural De-
hartment Of the State be reorganized
land made useful to the farmer, and
Ilet the agricultural land scrip fund
be applied to improving the educa-
ton of the farmer. Very little leg
islation will effect this. Simply re-
peal the law giving the agricultural
land scrip fund to the University,
turn that fund over to the Depart
|ment of Agriculture with instruc-
lions to apply it with the other
funds of the Department to the bet
ter education of farmers and mechan-
icsA
40 this end the law should re-
Qqire the Commissioner Of Agricul-
ture to advertise extensively and
ascertain what farmers in the State
would be willing to conduct their
own model farms at their own
Expense under direction of the
Department OF Agriculture and re-
port regularly to the Department.
All farmers who would so under
take would be students in the Agri-
cultural college. Model mechanics
Ought to be admitted on the same
Terms. The department might pro-
vide such studies and practical les
SONS for the students in this Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College as
the means on hand would permit.
The Agricultural Department and
college would thus go to the doors
of the farmers and educate, or
rather help them to educate them
selves.
Fifth, let a fair just and proper
equation be established by law be-
tween the personal earnings Of the
farmer and the salaries of those who
are supported by taxation levied on
the farmer. The farmer certainly
ought to be heard on this question.
He produces all, feeds all, and pays
all. ORANGE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-19
SOME SENSIBLE TALK ABOUT
IMPROVING OUR LANDS.

EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER Il
see a great deal in the agricultural
papers about making manure at
home, compost, ETC., and doing away
with, to a greater extent, the necessi-
ty of buying commercialf fertilizers
the best methods of improving our
lands, etc. The Farmers clubs seem to
be agitating these questions, to a con-
siderable degree. There are two, or
three things, right here, that follow
as a natural consequence, one of the
other. If we would make manure,
we + bound, more or less, to keep
stock; and to keep stock, we must
have plenty of good food, clover,
grasses, etc, and to make the whole
thing a success, we must devote a
good part of our time, thoughts, and
energy to these things.
For the following plan, ] am in
debted to another-and this one
thing alone, has well paid me for all
the money L ever spent for agricul-
tural papers.
81 take in my stock about the
middle of November, and keep them
stalled during the whole time, until
Spring, except an hour or two each
day for water, and a little exercise.
| have my water to draw, but great
ly prefer this to putting them in the
pasture, and losing the dropings for
several hours. [ keep on hand a
supply of litter, which | use every
morning,-just enough to keep the
stables in good condition-from
Spring until Fall | am careful to stall
my stock every night. Any one
who has never tried this, and who
will give it proper attention, will be
surprised to see how fast his manure
will accumulate"
OF course this sail good enough as
far as it goes, but | have a hundred
acres | want to improve, how will l
get enough manure to go over all
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-19
PFAFFTOWN

EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER
Please allow me a small space
in your valuable paper in order to
let the outside world know what
can be done in the backwoods. Your
correspondent happening in the
city Of Pfafftown on the night of the
above entertainments was solicited
by numerous friends to witness and
make one of the happy party of the
the brilliant cantata of 1886. 1t was
certainly n Of the most successful
and enjoyable things of the kind
that it has been my happy lot to
witness since my sojourn in the old
North State. Taking everything
into consideration, the time they
had to prepare, the raw material to
tutor and various other disadvan-
tages to labour under, we'll may
they feel proud Of the Pfafftown
cantanta of 1886. All of them with
out one simple exception rendered
their parts in such a way hat would
have made other places of better adj
vantages and more note envious to
witness the accuracy and precis-
ion of he or she in their PRESERVATION
of the different characters assigned
them. The old sexton when he pre-
sented himself with his tools char
acteristic Of his position claiming
them all as his own, suiting his
voice as well as his actions it really
looked as if our time had come and
Uncle Ute was to rescue us. Mr..
George Wilson personated time
with his drawn sickle to demolish
old 1886, and it was quite an impos-
ing scene when the old year gave up
the ghost and made way for the beau
titul young queen, one, | am perfectly
satisfied had all North Cardinals
beauty been gathered together in
order to make a selection, there
would be no one found in all that
vast assemblage who was more suit
able than Miss Sudie. She was sim
ply perfect in the rendering Of all
the duties devolved upon one filling
SO important position. The music
for the occasion was furnished bv
n Of Pfatftown's fair daughters.
Miss May Transom, and though a
stranger and occupying a back seat
IL could be seen at a glance by the
touch Of the fingers upon the keys
that she was no stranger to the pc
sltlon. Miss May certainly deserves
credit and the consideration of the
whole surrounding county for the
beautiful pieces rendered on the oc-
casion. Pfafftown should certain
~ be proud of being the possessor
Of such fair musical talent.
SUBSCRIBER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-19
THE CONVENTION WHAT WE
NEED.

EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER 1t
is not my nature to want to be in print,
but there are questions that come
before us that>we can not consist
emily dodge, and as you seem to want
the views OF the farmers On the SUBJ
.jects diScussedin your paper, | would
like II add my mite to what has
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-19

Cicero repudiated his wife, Te-
rentla, in order to escape his cred
itors by giving them the dover of his
new wife, Pubillia, whom he after
wards repudiated.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-26
REQUIEM

The day is gone, alas the lovely day
That came among us as a blushing bride,
Led by her brother, the cnarmoured sun,
Whose golden largrss fell on every side.
All nat.rc greeted her with rapturous JOY,
The forest birds broke forth In sweetest song
And dainty buds, awakening from their sleep,
Burst into blossom as she passed along.
And everywhere the children welcomed her.
In country lanes and in city's street,
The music of their laughter kept glad time
To the sweet measure OF her flying icet.
The restless sick man, tossing on his couch,
Beheld her aud awhile forgot his pain;
Her presence cheered the laborer at his toll,
And brought to wrlnkled age its youth again.
And as she. smiling, hurried on her way.
Even sad mothers, weeping DER their dead,
Looked inward to her clear blue skies and felt
Somehow that sorrowing hearts were com
forted.
But now. alas the day herself is dead.
Before US, pallid in the dim twilight,
Sbe lics, forsakcn by the fckle sun,
And DER her bend. the dushy sexton, night
Covering her slowly with his sable pail.
While the pale, trembling stars look coolly on,
And natures tears are falling silently
For the sweet dav that is forever gone.
r. 7. Wilson, Chicago Current.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-26

my W love. my darling. my
wifer' And the past is forgotten in the
Joy Of the present.
Athol has been a happy wife many
years before she learns who prevented
her marriage years before. 1t has often
been n source of wonderment to her
and Norris, and what could have been
the motive.
At this time Alfred Warde is taken
very i'll. and thinks himself dying, sends
for Norris Langley. and confesses that,
feel ng very bitter toward Athol and
himself, and being something Of a ven
triloqu;st, he conceived the idea OF 60
ing to church and preventing the mar
rage. With what success has already
been told. -OHn Ophir, IN ArtanSaw
Tr1reIer
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-26
EyerYthing Goes.

"would you take a poor mans last
cent for a glass Of ginP" asked -
tramp. in a respectful voice.
Certainly" replied the bartender.
briskly. that's what I'm iere for"
.,Ncll," said the tran as he re-
turned the glass to IN, counter and
produced his last cent there you are"
and then he walked rorrowfuliy buf
hastily away. -NeO York SHa.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-09
FOREIGN.

LIVERPOOL, December 8. - Wheat Quiet
but steady; demand poor.
Corn-Qret; demand poor. Mixed West
ern, 6s 11Ad per GENITAL.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-09

Unhoppily Tor the wretched Victim o.
their assaults, Dyspepsia. constipation and
bilinusue s. are faithful allies. When one OF
these foes attack the system, the other tw,
speedily follow ia is wake and successfully
maks their onsluuah Successfully, bur not
successfully, If Hostetter's Stomach Bittcrs
be used to repel the onset. The Btters as
easily ex,irpa,es these monsters rs St George
/, depicted in the act OF slVirg 10 the Dir gou
in the steel vignette np''u the glass bottles
whicl, contain the medicine. Their Hight
ike their advance, il nearly sAnutane0us.
Their mutnality dcstrGved they l'tectp, Jate-
" retreat, leaving health master OF the posi-
tion aud strongly cptrcnched by the Biaers.
This grand fortifcr is GlsIa reliable bulgalk
against the insidious assaults ui malarial
disease. and stops the approach of rheu wa
tien,. II moreover relieves nervous com
plnints AVID iInphrts vigor 70 The weak
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-09


Los Angeles Produce Exchange, corrected
daily. In the quotations, unless otherwise
stated, it Is to be understood that the first dst
the lowest price asked. These quotations
are for round lots from first hnI.:s; for small
lots out OF store higher prices are asked.
WHEAT-No quotations.
OATS-NO quotations.
RYE-Net quoted:
BARLEY-Feed, No. /, 81.
CORN-Large yellow. carload lots, 81.
small yellow, carload lots, S1.05 asked.
cdno h, g. F SSnesr and nS d pst ps e.
asked; cracked barley, 81. Is asked; ground
barley, $1.15 asked; rolled barley, FL.
asked
GRAIN BAGS-Grain bags, MS 22x36, S,sc
asked; 1887 Calcutta spot, SIC ASKED; po.str
sacks. 4c asked; mill sacks, &c asked.
sEED--Alfalfa, new, DC asked.
HAY-Barley,, w. B; No. !, $12..o bid;
SiS. '
POTATOEs-EarIy Rose, Los Angeles
new, 81. 10; Irish Beauties, 81. 10; Snowflake
$1.15; Early Goodrich local. 81. Is; Yellow
seed. northern, sOc.
CHEEsE-Large, 13c asked; small lac;
small Bib hand, 15c; one-hah cent extra
per pound when eased for shipment.
EGGS--Kggs, fresh, 80 @ 4oc; Eastern
eggs, 2l(g23c asked
A%c bid.
0NIONS-Large Yellow Damers, $4,000
Observation-Disclosures, l71a(@aOe.
VEGETABLES. MIXED--Garlic. 4o asked;
cabbage, 70 100 lbs, Zoe naked.
BEANS AND DRIED PEAS-pink, No.
new crop, 81 80 asked; Lima, $2.75; Navy.
email, ~ 256o2.50; Garvanzos, so asked
Green field PEGS, 500 asked; Lentiles, ~
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-09
Pork.
LOS ANGELES MARKETS.

CHICAGO, December 8. Pork - lower
january $14.60.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-09
Review Of New York Sa..rk aau
Petroleum. IgMffsets.

Nav York. December S.--The stock mar
ket to-day wasmoder ely active and higher
though speculation WIS narrow. II was
somewhat fevorish and weak. however be-
Ing subjected to rniding during almost the
en.ire day. The close WAS quiet and heavy
near the lowest prices.
Government bonds dull aud heavy.
NEW YORK, Dtcembe her s. - Petroleum
steadier. opening NJ 76l., higne bid 1864.
lowest rs, closing AT 70 Sales 1,1S3, 900
barrels.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-09
Wetern Union, 765s
The SaN EranciscO Stock Es.ar hss =.
SAN FHASCIsco. peeember S.-Yhe tnIiuN-
The Grain Markets.

DOMESTIC.
BAN Francisco, December S.-wheat,
dull; buyer season, 81. 4S3s.
Barley s'eady; buver season, 97a4c.
Buyer 81, q CSC; May, 94l &c.
Corn = Large yellow, S1.12L: u LIS
small $3.50; white S1.1714@1.20.
CHICAGO, Decem6er 7.-2:3O close-Wh heat
lower-Cash, 77c; January, 77ssc.
Corn Lower; cash, January, 49sAc.
Barley-Nominal, 72ci076c.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-09

The best lots IN the city for the money, one
f.,ork from Washington street and street cur
line: prices from 300 to 1890. Terms one
third cash, balance aud 10 months.
ALBge d CUEtINaHAM,
80 5. Spring ST., room ~.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-09

Number OF transfers above FLOOD eacli, 62
u.slanloiint of consideration. go l..o2
Number oil transfers under $1,000, ~.
Total amount of consideration, $50 800.
Transfers for nominal consideration, 70.
Aggregate Of days transfers. e22o,l71.
NOTE.-Transfers of which me considere
ton IS less than *lOOO are not published IN
tEP alhNYe listl.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-09
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF
u Cahfornia.--ln the matter of the estate
Of Felix Raeman, alias Jean Dubois. de-
ceased.-Upon reading and filing The peti-
ron Of Christine Rae man, widow OF Felix
ing for AN order scitiug part certain real
property in said petition described for a
homestead Cor petitioner, it is hereby or
dered tina; Thursday. the 18th day of De-
cember, 1857, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, at the
courtroom III department No. 2 of the Su-
perior Court, in the Jones Block, city of Los
Angeles, be and the same is hereby d. sig
nated as the time and place of hearing said
petition. aud notice of said hearing be giyen
by publication of a copy Of this notice IN
the Los Angelas HERALD COR at least five
days prior to the date of said hearing.
Dated Deceinber q, 1887.
dS ct w. p. GARDINER. Judge.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-09

SAN PEDRO SHIPPING.

| Especial to the HERALD.
SAN PEDRO, December 8, 1887.
ARRIVED.
Soho ner W. s. Phelps, Brown, from
EWck8, with lum',er for s. Y Z. TO.
schooner Nora Harkins Foster, from Ar
cata, with lumbcr for y T. i Go,
Steamer Coos Bay, Marshall, from San
Francisco, with MERCHANDISE for S. T. X
X. Co.
Steamer Santa Ensa, Ingalls,, from San
Diego. with merchandise und passengers to
:. Z. X. Il.
SAILED.
Steamer Santa Rosa. ingalls,, for San Frau
cisco. with passengers and merchandise fol
L. c. =. l.. Co.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-09

$50 WEST FIRST ..TEEr, !
THURSDAY, December 8, 1870 p. M
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-09
G,cr,aora, the Heautisus,

In the foothills, upon commanding plain
lion leot above the level ii the sea. Purest
Of mountain water, perfect climate and
mat, nltse scenery.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-09

4 positive cure for dyspepsia-Damiana
Bitters. Michel Levy & Co, Wholesale
ualor dealers. agents
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-09
G@vcrmtncu IsoniIs and Railway
Stnc;ys,

NEW YORK, December Swallowing are
tee clo+iue quotations: United States As.
registered, 123ia; do ASS registered, -; do
4tas, coupon, l01; Central Pacific, 3l%4 :
Denver and Rio Graude ~; Louisville
and Nashville, 6II3; Michigan Central,
S6%; Kansas and Texas, I124; New
YORK Central, 1915: Northern Pacific,
81: preferred, 4734; Nortuwes' ern, lu6's
Oregon improvement. I5; Navigation. 81 >:
Transeontineutal. 2e Pacific Mail, 81;
Reading, G1l%; Texas Pacific. 55sI: Union
Pacific, =; U. :. Express, %; Fargo, 100;
WsStern Union, 765s.
B6sroN, December s-Closing prices
Atchison. Topeka, first IS, l.l:t do land
grants rs, LIT: do railroad, 925s. Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy, 1.261& Mex
lean Central common, Ii; do bond, script,
-; do Fret Mortgage bonds, G1lI. Money,
on call, easy ut to G; closed ole ed ut A..
Prime mercantile Taper, & and s19. st. RI
ing exchange, steady nj 1. Sli, Tor sixty day
bills; 4 S4lt for demand